United States Special Operations Forces

David Tucker and Christopher J. Lamb

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August, 2007
Cloth, 312 pages, 3 tables
ISBN: 978-0-231-13190-2
$40.00 / £27.50

List of Tables

Preface

Introduction

1. Special Operations Forces and the War on Terrorism

2. Selection and Training

3. History

4. Somalia

5. Roles and Missions

6. Special Operations Forces and the Future of Warfare

7. Restructuring Special Operations Forces

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Related Subjects

• Security Studies

About the Author

David Tucker is an associate professor in the Department of Defense Analysis and codirector of the Center on Terrorism and Irregular Warfare at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California. He has also served in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict. Christopher J. Lamb is a senior fellow with the Institute for National Strategic Studies at National Defense University. His prior positions in the Departments of Defense and State include deputy assistant secretary of defense for resources and plans, deputy director of the State Department's interagency task force for military stabilization in the Balkans, and director of policy planning in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict.

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